Best photographs of the day

sajjad711 (10)in #photography • 7 years ago

Each day the picture editor of the Guardian brings you a selection of photo highlights
A selection of the day’s best images, including breathtaking sunsets in the Maasai Mara in Kenya, Victory Day celebrations in Turkey and huge wood and bamboo structures in Kolkata, India

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Pilgrims record their visit to Mount Arafat during the annual Haaj

Venice, Italy

Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the 74th annual Venice International Film Festival

Maasai Mara, Kenya

A herd of wildebeest are silhouetted on the horizon against a patchwork of purples, reds, oranges and yellows in a stunning sunset on the plain

Kashmir, India

Kashmiri men gather with their boats laden with vegetables at the floating vegetable market on Dal Lake at dawn in Srinagar

Melbourne, Australia

Scobie, a champion ferret, trains in drain pipes for the upcoming annual ferret race at the Daffodil and Arts festival in Kyneton

Kolkata, India

Indian artists work with a makeshift pandal made with wood, fibre, metal and bamboo ahead of the Durga Puja festival in the city. Bengalis all over the world will be marking the festival representing the victory of good over evil and the celebration of female power

Queensferry, Scotland, UK

A view of the new Queensferry Crossing – alongside the Forth Road Bridge and the Forth Bridge – at sunrise on the first day of its operational use. The new bridge is the world’s longest three tower cable-stay bridge

Tal Afar, Iraq

Smoke billows as Iraqi forces advance towards Al-Ayadiah village in the campaign to retake Tal Afar from Islamic State

Houston, Texas

A solitary lawn ornament is seen on a flooded street in the wake of tropical storm Harvey

Gorbăneşti, Romania

A family wait outside a house without electricity for volunteers to install a solar panel. For five years now the Light For Romania project has been bringing power into some of the lowest-income homes in the European Union’s second poorest nation

Buñol, Spain

People take part in the traditional tomato fight called Tomatina. Every year on the last Wednesday of August, thousands visit the small village to attend the festival, a battle in which about 160 tons of tomatoes are used

Rolle, Switzerland